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Hinchcliffe also coached several other members of the British team, including Commonwealth champion Rebecca Gallantree and Daniel Goodfellow, winner of a 10m synchronised Olympic bronze at Rio 2016 alongside Tom Daley.

Daley's current coach Jane Figueredo is employed by British Diving on a full-time contract.

"To really help those like Jack and Chris as well as the other superstars we had out in Rio keep improving, I needed to be in a full-time role," Hinchcliffe told the BBC.

"Coaches tend to be humble by their nature - it's the athletes who go up on the podium - but it's such an important role.

"British sport is so successful at the moment and we need to examine all of the components behind that, but in my particular case I just don't think that's happened."

British Swimming, the national body for aquatic sports in the country of which British Diving is part of, have admitted to being "disappointed" by the decision.

"We were aware that he wanted to work with the sport full-time and we were in the process of beginning discussions but unfortunately timescales didn't allow these to conclude," they said.

"We'd like to thank him for all of his hard work and dedication, and we wish him well for the future in Australia."

Britain were the only nation other than China to win a gold medal at Rio 2016.

Australia won a solitary women's 3m synchronised bronze medal but will now look to close the gap at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in 2018.

About the author

Since joining insidethegames.biz in 2013, Butler has travelled to a variety of major global sporting events, including the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as well as the most recent editions of the Asian, European and Pan American Games in Incheon, Baku and Toronto. He has also attended the last four International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sessions and has particularly enjoyed tackling the politics and diplomacy of the Olympic Movement.

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At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.

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